NORTH COVENTRY — The Chester County Detectives and the North Coventry Police continued Friday investigating the murder of Kevin Allen, 17, of Norristown.

“The investigation is going all out,” Thomas P. Hogan, Chester Country district attorney, said Friday.

An autopsy on Allen’s body was preformed Wednesday night, but the cause of death is not being released, Hogan said.

Allen was found dead at his father’s burning apartment on Tuesday Feb.12, at Hanover Garden Apartments in the 200 block of East Schuylkill Road after a neighbor called the fire department.

The victim was a junior at Norristown Area High School.

“It does not appear to be a random act,” Chester County District Attorney Thomas P. Hogan said Wednesday afternoon during a press conference in West Chester. “At this point, preliminarily, I would say that it is one person, acting alone.”

There was blood on the walls near the staircase leading to the second-story apartment and soot covered the inside of the glass Tuesday. There were also char marks on the outside of the building.

Allen’s body was removed from the apartment after midnight and was taken to the Chester County Coroner’s Office.

Allen’s father was not home in the apartment of which he is the sole occupant, Hogan said.

His parents are not listed as suspects and they are cooperating with authorities.

The district attorney’s office is not releasing any more information about possible suspects or persons of interest. In the press conference, Hogan said the killer made mistakes and the investigators have many leads to go on.

Hogan said that police walked the entire area surrounding the apartment complex, including Mount Zion Cemetery across the street to see if they could find anything.

The district attorney said it was a routine measure.

Kevin Allen was recalled by friends as a smiling person who loved music. Damian Fisicaro told a reporter that he and his younger brother, Jesse Fisicaro, have known the victim since he was seven-years-old while he was staying with his father in Spring City.

“He was always smiling and laughing and he absolutely loved music; it was his drug and he was really photogenic,” said Damian Fisicaro.